Beatifications Of Pope Pius XII
Among the persons beatification, beatified by Pius XII, a majority are women, with Spanish, Italian and French backgrounds and others.Jan Olav Smit, ''Pope Pius XII'', London and Dublin 1951, pp 280–281 See also * List of people beatified by Pope John XXIII * List of people beatified by Pope Paul VI * List of people beatified by Pope John Paul II * List of people beatified by Pope Benedict XVI * List of people beatified by Pope Francis References

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Beatification
Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. ''Beati'' is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" (abbreviation "Bl.") before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds". History Local bishops had the power of beatifying until 1634, when Pope Urban VIII, in the apostolic constitution ''Cœlestis Jerusalem'' of 6 July, reserved the power of beatifying to the Holy See. Since the reforms of 1983, as a rule, one miracle must be confirmed to have taken place through the intercession of the person to be beatified. Miracles are almost always unexplainable medical healings, and are scientifically investigated by commissions comprising physicians and theologia ...
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